Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2007, 8:40 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2007, 8:40 PM MDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2007, 9:08 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 290240 TORPUB COC061-099-290345- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.070329T0240Z-070329T0345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 945 PM MDT... * AT 837 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF HARTMAN... OR 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL IMPACT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3820 10233 3813 10210 3842 10207 3844 10232 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290254 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 854 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-099-290345- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070329T0345Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 854 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... AT 851 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED OVER EAST CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LAT...LON 3820 10233 3813 10210 3842 10207 3844 10232 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290257 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-099-290345- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070329T0345Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 856 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... AT 851 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. A TORNADO COULD OCCUR AT ANY TIME. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS CENTERED 13 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOLIDGE...AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 40 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHERIDAN LAKE. TOWNER. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LAT...LON 3820 10233 3819 10207 3851 10206 3853 10232 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 290308 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 908 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 COC061-099-290318- /O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070329T0345Z/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 908 PM MDT WED MAR 28 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTIES... THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED. HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA. LAT...LON 3820 10233 3819 10207 3851 10206 3853 10232 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 53 min |
| Mar 28, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 52 min |
| Mar 28, 8:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 60 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.